Siu Lun

Take a read at the most ridiculous example of why software patents need to banned

The web community world wide seriously has to stand up against this. Granted, these ridiculous patents is limited to the US, but what patents that are on the web doesn’t affect everyone? The web itself knows no boundaries of location.

What they’ve done is seemingly patented an architure of how the web works in modern days back in 2002. If I remember correctly AJAX did come about in or around 2002 officially but I suppose what’s interesting is that according to wikipedia, the land of wrong information. The term AJAX was ‘coined’ by a certain individual in 2005 yet in that patent it seems to have used the term (not entirely sure, but the reports around the web is using this term in relation to the patent)

Anyway though, I can’t understand why Flash is also infringing the patent, is it because of it’s ability to interact with javascript? ’cause I’m pretty sure Flash has been around since 1996.

WTF. A company in the US has sucessfully patented the idea of podcasting.

http://www.volomedia.com/blog/2009/07/volomedias-podcasting-patent.php

2003, while it is arguable whether podcasting existed then, one thing for sure which existed is RSS and podcasting requires RSS feeds and the mechanics is not so different from simple RSS feeds of articals.

This patent needs to be revoked same to many US issued internet related patents.

Another complaining post. Yeah, I complain a lot, there is so much stuff wrong with this world. Actually it’s more like Hong Kong, or maybe it’s just city life? I certainly haven’t seen as much problems with people as I have when I was living back in the UK.

Back to the main topic.

I had to source production companies lately for a client of mine as I don’t have enough time myself to do everything, and there was already a recommendation from one of the client’s employees, so I tagged along and tried to work with them.

But they’ve just been constantly rude and uncooperative. I’m actually suprised they recommended them to me in the first place. Here are some snippets of what happened:

1) I ask them for a schedule to know what they plan to do and by when they should be able to do it (pretty standard procedure for a web production company). They reply with:

No schedule can be provided, if you like, you are welcome to find
other company

EOF

Wow, at that moment I was wondering how they were making a living. That signature “EOF”… doesn’t that mean -End-Of- to you? Well I tell you something else too, they’ve constantly used that in any request I ask of them and have provided excuses of what’s “normal practise” in web industry (to basically say they can’t/won’t do it), and I just simply ignored it as “probably something hong kongese/chinese”. Well now I understand the meaning.

Oh btw… a lot of Hong Kong people and probably chinese people too are rude to the extremes. You can usually discount them for being mentally unstable and retarded – which is usually true. (just for any foreign friends who happened to understand cantontese/chinese and comes to Hong Kong/China. Though, you probably won’t understand so you’d be ok! )

They can say good bye to any future contacts from me or anyone else I know.